Host Rob Shaw is joined by Maclean Kay, Jillian Oliver, and Katy Merrifield to discuss the government's response to COVID-19, ICBC's rebate program, the ongoing overdose crisis, the prospect of a snap federal election and a look back at the Wet'suwet'en protest on the Coastal GasLink pipeline from a year ago and where we are now.
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Rob Shaw has spent more than 13 years covering BC politics, now reporting for CHEK News and writing for The Orca. He is the co-author of the national best-selling book A Matter of Confidence, and a regular guest on CBC Radio.
Jillian Oliver is a political strategist who co-managed the last BC Green Party provincial campaign and Sonia Furstenau's leadership campaign. She was Communications Director on the federal Nanaimo-Ladysmith by-election that elected Paul Manly and was the BC Greens Press Secretary in the 2017 provincial election and in the BC Greens legislative office from 2017-2019.
Katy Merrifield is the Vice-President for BC at Wellington Advocacy, who has served as Communications Director to Premiers of both Alberta and British Columbia, and was the youngest woman to run a winning leadership campaign in BC.
Maclean Kay is Editor-in-Chief of The Orca, and is an 11-year veteran of the BC legislature both working in government and now covering it.
SWIM ON:
- Political Capital's debut was one of the stories (it's a story! And a good one!) on #BCPOLI Hotstove.
- Another amazing podcast featuring amazing women in politics is coming soon to The Orca - Ellected.
- On ICBC's rebate program, last month Rob Shaw wrote the insurance monolith should give BC a glimpse under the hood.
